Hank Greenberg

Once in a great while there appears a baseball player who transcends the game and earns universal admiration from his fellow players from fans and from the American people. Such a man was Hank Greenberg whose dynamic life and legendary career are among baseball's most inspiring stories. <I>The Story of My Life</I> tells the story of this extraordinary man in his own words describing his childhood as the son of Eastern European immigrants in New York; his spectacular baseball career as one of the greatest home-run hitters of all time and later as a manager and owner; his heroic service in World War II; and his courageous struggle with cancer. Tall handsome and uncommonly good-natured Greenberg was a secular Jew who during a time of widespread religious bigotry in America stood up for his beliefs. Throughout a lifetime of anti-Semitic abuse he maintained his dignity becoming in the process a hero for Jews throughout America and the first Jewish ballplayer elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.